Domain Name Search Engines Reviews - Yahoo! Name Spinner
Posted on January 14, 2007
Filed Under Domain Name Generators, Tools and Utilities, Web Hosting Companies | Leave a Comment
Are you about to give up hope on finding a good available domain name?
No worries, there is still an infinite number of available domains out there, its just a matter of finding them.
Recently some major web hosting companies have launched domain name suggestion engines that can give you hundreds of inspiring name ideas instantly. A few of them stand out by being significantly faster and user-friendlier than most:
Yahoo! Domain Name Suggestions - Link
Yahoo’s Domain Suggestions has an eye-catching ultramodern Web 2.0 feel. This search interface is done with Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) - the latest in web techniques for creating interactive web applications. You’ll notice that the pages are actually never reloaded when searcing. Page elements simply shift around softly, making the user experience dynamic and easy to use.
Lets say we need a name for an interior design site. Typing “interior design†to the search box produces the following results:
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Not all of them are close to ideal, but there are a few that sound good and are actually quite search engine friendly - meaning that they contain the actual words people would be searching for. Note that you have to click on “See more†to view all results.
The speed of looking up over 100 domain names is simply astonishing - new results are returned in less than one second thanks to Ajax.
Click here to try it - Yahoo Domains Suggestion Engine
How much should you pay to register your domain?
Posted on January 12, 2007
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There are currently over 500 registrars have in the market for domain name registration services. We reviewed the registration prices of the industry leaders and compiled this rating chart, based on registration prices.
Note that some of these companies offer a free domain with their web hosting plans. In those cases we have added some most important characteristics about those offers so you can get an adequate comparison.
The following are the yearly domain registration prices by the world’s leading registrars, ordered by the best price/value ratio:
#1 - 1 & 1 Hosting
$5.99 - Includes a 1 Gb email account and free private registration - this means you can keep your information anonymous if desired. 1 & 1 offers .com .net .org .us .info .name .biz .cc .tv and .ws domains.
#2 - Yahoo!Â
$1.99 - First year registration, for new customers only
$9.99 - Regular domain registration price
Free Domain with Hosting ($11.95/m) - hosting includes 5 Gb disk space and 200Gb transfer
#3 - GoDaddy
$1.99 - With the purchase of any other GoDaddy product - like a $3.19/m web hosting plan
$6.65 - Bulk registration price. Applies when you register more than 100 domains at a time. 26% off normal pricing.
$6.75 - Bulk registration price. Applies when you register more than 5 domains at a time. For example .com, .net, .info and other extensions for your business name.
$8.95 - Regular domain registration price
iPower.com
$6.50 - regular domain registration price
Free Domain with Hosting ($7.95/m) - hosting includes 50Gb web spaceÂ
Dot 5 HostingÂ
$7.95 - regular domain registration price
Free Domain with Hosting ($3.95/m) - hosting includes 50Gb storage space and 750Gb transfer
Hostmonster.comÂ
Free Domain with Hosting ($3.95/m) - hosting includes 50 Gb disk space and 999Gb transfer, free SSH
Omnis NetworkÂ
$7.95 - includes DNS manager, URL forwarding. Bulk pricing also available
netGURUS.com Â
$8.99 - regular domain registration price
Free Domain with Hosting ($9.99/m) - free domain name with purchase of netGURUS hosting package
EasyCGI.comÂ
$10.00 - regular domain registration price
Free Domain with Hosting ($7.96/m) - hosting includes 6 Gb disk space and 1000Gb transfer, ASP.NET
VendioÂ
Free Domain with Hosting ($6.95/m) - hosting includes 3Gb storage space and 60Gb transfer
$12.95 - regular domain registration price
European Domain Registrars Â
1 & 1 Internet Hosting - UKÂ
£1.99 - .co.uk domains only. free domain parking. Best price in the UK.
£8.99 - .com, .net, .org, .info, .eu domains
HostWay - UKÂ
£7.95 - 2 years - this United Kingdom registrar also offers .info domains for £1.49 a year and .eu domains for £19.95/year. For US customers too.
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